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Wine Box Inventor Dies; Hello Kitty Sells Wine

April 6, 2010

Forget the soda tax. Now, lawmakers are aiming to get their grubby little hands on our beer! A tax increase on mass-market beer — microbrews would be exempt — is one of the first new revenue-raising ideas Democrats have come up with in weeks.
[AP]

The Castello Plan in Ditmas Park, The Bodega in Bushwick, and La Casita in Cobble Hill are three new Brooklyn wine bars with an accent on affordability and accessibility.
[Brooklyn Paper]

Australian winemaker Thomas Angove, who invented the wine box some 45 years ago, has died at the age of 92.
[Consumerist]

The 2008 pinot noirs from California’s Anderson Valley are now in stores, many suffering from stinky “smoke taint,” a result of the forest fires that plagued the region.
[Wall Street Journal]

Is Hello Kitty the Joe Camel of wine? The company has released four different wines, each sporting the cutesy label.
[NBC LA]